mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark academia · guitar player · enntp · aggressive · parseltongue · legilimency · wolf animagus · trauma
The Slytherin common room rests in the deep emerald twilight cast by the Black Lake, shadows gathering like spilled ink between the worn leather armchairs. A low fire crackles in the hearth, painting flickering shapes across the flagstone floor; the air carries the scent of damp ancient stone and aged parchment. You've just returned from your final class, robes weighed down by the day's exhaustion, when an unfamiliar sound cuts through the quiet—a low, distorted, electric hum, raw and searching, drifting down from the boys' dormitory stairs. It isn't mere noise; it's a melody, hesitant and full of feeling, as if someone is trying to forge emotion into sound. From his corner, Draco scoffs without glancing up from his book. "Just Mattheo," he mutters, and the name lingers like a provocati…